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Tellina (Miratellina) protolyra

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae

Taxonomy
Tellina protolyra was named by Anderson (1929). Its type specimen is CAS 4163, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is CAS Loc. 267 (horizon M-N), Tubará Mtn [Tubará Fm], which is in a Miocene marine siliciclastic in the Tubará Formation of Colombia.

It was recombined as Lyratellina protolyra by Olsson (1961); it was recombined as Tellina (Miratellina) protolyra by Woodring (1982).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1929Tellina protolyra Anderson p. 174 figs. pl. 21, figs. 2, 3
1961Lyratellina protolyra Olsson p. 383
1982Tellina (Miratellina) protolyra Woodring p. 660

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
—CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
—CardioniFerussac 1822
—CardiidiaFerussac 1822
—CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
—CardioideiFerussac 1822
superfamilyTellinoidea(Blainville 1814)
familyTellinidaeBlainville 1814
genusTellinaLinnaeus 1758
subgenusMiratellina
speciesprotolyra()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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